Precursor Awards: Euro: Amélie NBR: Amores Perros (not eligible) New York: In the Mood for Love (not eligible) LA: No Man's Land Boston Amores Perros (not eligible) Southeast Critics: Amélie Las Vegas: No Man's Land Texas: Amélie National Society of Film Critics: In the Mood for Love (not eligible) Globes: No Man's Land Satellites: No Man's Land BFCA: Amélie

Submission List with Notes: A-I / I-Y / Updated Tally Per Country

The Nominees
Argentina 5 noms. 1 win.	Bosnia 1 nomination.	France 32 noms. 9 wins. 3 Honorary Oscars.	India 3 noms. 0 wins	Norway 4 noms. 0 wins.
Son of the Bride (official site) dir. ?	No Man's Land (official site) dir. Danis Tanovic	Amélie (official site) dir. Jean Pierre-Jeunet	Lagaan (official site) dir.	Elling (no website) dir. Petter Naes
Now Playing in NY/LA (Sony Pictures Classics)	Now Playing in limited release (MGM/UA)	Now Playing (Miramax)	Rerelease coming in May -now available on Video and DVD (Sony Pictures Classics)	Opening in 2002 TBA (First Look)
Story: (The Son of the Bride) A divorced restaurateur arranges a church wedding for his elderly parents. His mother (played by Norma Alejandro) suffers from Alzheimers. Drama	Story: Three soldiers are trapped in an abandoned trench between enemy lines -the no man's land of the title. A media circus swirls around them Satire	Story: Oh you've already seen it! Amélie is an adorable painfully shy waitress who plays mischievious games with friends and enemies in a fairy tale Paris (Montmarte region to be specific) Romantic Comedy	Story: The David and Goliath struggle of farmer's in British controlled India to best the British at their own game in order to avoid the opression of enormous taxes. Musical / Drama.	I speak Norwegian! (badly...but I do) Story: An agoraphobic man and his companion try to find their way back into normal society after two years at a psychiatric center. Comedy.
Celebrity Endorsements
		Jodie Foster
How'd I do?
I got 4/5 here. The best on the net... yippee. And it's all thanks to my insider sources at the screening as well as extensive research. Exhausting but worth it. Now if only I could get my hands on all the screeners!
Who Got Robbed?
Who knows? We never get to see more than 1/4th of these... if that. But some high profile Miramax candidates, The Son's Room and Italian for Beginners were snubbed. Two Globe nominees that are now playing stateside Monsoon Wedding and Y Tu Mama Tambien (both recommended by The FiLM EXPERiENCE) were not submitted to the Academy in the selection process.
Who Might Think About Writing a Speech?
It's a race between Amélie and No Man's Land. But given Amélie's multiple nominations in other categories and its box office in particular... it looks like a surefire winner -despite recent losses elsewhere. Or is it? Given the Academy rules that those voting on foreign pictures must see all five nominees -Son of the Bride and No Man's Land both stand a chance. I'm going for the upset. I'll probably lose the wager but "no guts. no glory"
Who Should Win
I've only seen 3 of these Amélie, Lagaan, and No Man's Land. So I can't really say but of those -No Man's Land is the best. After I get my eyes on Elling and Son of the Bride I'll know for sure.

To see my original predictions

Full Submission List Info Here
(46 films went without a nomination from the submitted list)
Albania -Iceland / India -Yugoslavia / Oscar Tally Per Country